She Wasn't Allowed to Giggle: DONE

That "Just finished a book" feeling…

Well, this afternoon I finished the manuscript for "She Wasn't Allowed to Giggle." Each poem has been meticulously edited and arranged in the specific arrangement I want them to be. The manuscript is sitting at 125 pages. So, I'm sitting here in a coffee shop in front of my laptop thinking…what do I do now?

There is a list of things left to do before this book is released. My release date is still set for the end of October and it looks like things are right on track to meet that date. My to-do list from here on out looks a bit like this:

-       August- manuscript finished. Cover art to be done this month. Applied for an ISBN number for the book.

-      September- editing. ISBN number should be given.

-      Beginning of October- editing should be done. Typesetting and eBook formatting to be done.

-      End of October- release date, to be released first as an eBook.

As I said before, I am finding this all to be a big matter of organization and keeping track of what has been done and what is left to do. It's also a matter of doing one thing at a time, which makes things easier to manage and easier to pay for without going broke all at once. Starting out is the most expensive part of self-publishing. I have a feeling once this is off the ground and the marketing is well underway, things will go fairly smooth.

With the work on the manuscript done, I can focus back to Spellbound by the Sword and into the piratical adventures of Billy. The book hasn't been all abandoned in this time. I've had some ideas stirring around my head, with some credit being owed to my fiancé's pirate computer game I've been watching him play. Funny where some ideas come from…

Anyways, that's the update! The last of my caramel latte is dwindling to mere drops now that this poetry book is finished. I love that "just finished a book" feeling.

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Well, this afternoon I finished the manuscript for "She Wasn't Allowed to Giggle." Each poem has been meticulously edited and arranged in the specific arrangement I want them to be. The manuscript is sitting at 125 pages. So, I'm sitting here in a coffee shop in front of my laptop thinking…what do I do now?

 

There is a list of things left to do before this book is released. My release date is still set for the end of October and it looks like things are right on track to meet that date. My to-do list from here on out looks a bit like this:

 

-          August- manuscript finished. Cover art to be done this month. Applied for an ISBN number for the book.

-          September- editing. ISBN number should be given.

-          Beginning of October- editing should be done. Typesetting and eBook formatting to be done.

-          End of October- release date, to be released first as an eBook.

 

As I said before, I am finding this all to be a big matter of organization and keeping track of what has been done and what is left to do. It's also a matter of doing one thing at a time, which makes things easier to manage and easier to pay for without going broke all at once. Starting out is the most expensive part of self-publishing. I have a feeling once this is off the ground and the marketing is well underway, things will go fairly smooth.

 

With the work on the manuscript done, I can focus back to Spellbound by the Sword and into the piratical adventures of Billy. The book hasn't been all abandoned in this time. I've had some ideas stirring around my head, with some credit being owed to my fiancé's pirate computer game I've been watching him play. Funny where some ideas come from…

 

Anyways, that's the update! The last of my caramel latte is dwindling to mere drops now that this poetry book is finished. I love that "just finished a book" feeling.